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Uttarakhand plans enrolment drive for voters missing from revised rolls

Officials will compare the old and new electoral rolls and visit missing voters to help eligible people enrol.

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The Civic Frontier4/10/2026, 5:43:05 am IST · 1 min read
Representative archive photograph: voters checking a list in Nagpur, Maharashtra, in October 2019; not the Uttarakhand enrolment drive.
Representative archive photograph: voters checking a list in Nagpur, Maharashtra, in October 2019; not the Uttarakhand enrolment drive.. Ganesh Dhamodkar/Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped for display.

Uttarakhand's electoral-roll revision will be followed by a fresh effort to reach eligible voters missing from the final list, according to an Indian Express report updated on October 4. Booth Level Officers have been instructed to compare the earlier and current rolls, make household visits and help eligible residents apply through Form 6.

The final roll, published on October 3, contains 71,58,949 electors. That is 25,164 more than the draft list but about 8.02 lakh fewer than the electorate recorded when the revision began in June.

The outreach also covers first-time voters and others left out of registration. Officials plan help desks and camps for vulnerable groups, including homeless people and workers.

The distinction matters: publication of a final roll does not mean enrolment opportunities have ended. The new exercise is intended to identify eligible omissions; it does not automatically restore every removed name. Residents should check their own entry and follow the prescribed registration process.